{"id":8408,"date":"2024-03-08T10:48:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?page_id=8408"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:09:17","slug":"gaedamal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/gaedamal\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 30%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-lg height-sm\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Quality matters<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"img-decor\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/themes\/lhi\/library\/images\/img-logo-decor.svg\" alt=\"Decor overlay\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"sub-nav-section\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-lg-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sub-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sub-nav-opener d-lg-none\">Quality matters<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-slider swiper-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-submenu-about\" class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><li id=\"menu-item-8903\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8903 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/stjornskipulag\/\">Administrative structure<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8407\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8407 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/mannaudur\/\">Human capital<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8424\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8424 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/gaedamal\/\">Quality matters<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-910\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-910 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/log-og-reglur\/\">Laws, rules, policies and reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-909\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-909 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/namsradgjof\/\">Study and career counseling<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-908\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-908 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/tolvu-og-vefthjonusta\/\">Computer and Web Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-907\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-907 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/starfsstodvar-og-adstada\/\">Establishments<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8525\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8525 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/gjaldskra\/\">Tariff<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8505\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8505 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/haskoladagatal\/\">IUA calendar<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8504\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8504 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/tilkynningar-um-osaemilega-hegdun\/\">Report inappropriate behavior<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13606\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-13606 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/bakland\/\">Backland of the Iceland Academy of the Arts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns lpb\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The goal of the quality system is to promote the quality of university work and ensure that degrees and research meet international standards, and the system is structured in such a way as to support a culture of quality within the school as a whole. The basis of the system is three-fold; Policy of the Iceland Academy of the Arts 2024-2029, Framework and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area 2024-2029 (e. Icelandic Quality Enhancement Framework (QEF3), and Requirements and guidelines for quality assurance in the field of higher education in Europe (e. Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area - ESG 2015). The quality work of the University of the Arts is reform-oriented, open and transparent, where responsibility and obligations are clearly defined and cooperation between departments, departments and work units are guaranteed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"txt-button\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder btn-row animation\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gaedakerfi_og_gaedastefna_lhi_28052020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-ico-link\">Quality system and quality policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"info-section bg-dark\" id=\"\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"title-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Reports and results of internal audits<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 mx-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-opener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Annual quality reports<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag tag-blue\">Annual Quality Dialogue<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ico-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"drop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Report-Annual-Quality-Dialogue-December-2025_Updated_5-mar-2026_netutgafa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-light fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>Annual Quality Report 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"info-section bg-white type2\" id=\"\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"title-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 mx-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2>External audits<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-10 mx-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-opener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>LH\u00cd's 2021 inaugural audit (QEF 2)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tag tag-blue\">QEF2: SER and IWR Reports <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ico-plus\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"drop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hold\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>A framework plan for the promotion of quality in Icelandic universities is a common quality framework that should support universities to ensure and promote the quality of their activities.<br \/>\nThe plan is based on a reform-oriented approach where the universities themselves are responsible for quality, while external quality assessment supports continuous improvement through analysis of strengths, challenges and opportunities for development.<br \/>\nThe goal is also to promote transparency and create knowledge about quality in university work, based on Icelandic conditions and in accordance with European standards for quality issues in universities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The process of an institution audit is divided into three parts. The first part is the self-evaluation report (e. Self-Evaluation Report or SER). The second part is the establishment visit of the external audit committee, which follows the self-evaluation report. The third and last part is the report of the audit committee (e. Institution-Wide Review or IWR).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Both of these reports from Quality Circle 2 (QEF2) are available here.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"links\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iua_reflective_analysis_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-light fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>Self-Evaluation Report 2021<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quality-board.cdn.prismic.io\/quality-board\/ZjDwt93JpQ5PTRTf_IUA_QEF2_IWR_Report_for_publication.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right-from-square\"><\/i>IUA Institution-Wide Review - Report 2022<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":8023,"parent":133,"menu_order":39,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blocks.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8408","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33633,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8408\/revisions\/33633"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}